Plot hole: The nuclear explosion is on Liberty Island, a small yield, but nonetheless big enough to move an enormous amount of water towards the coasts on all sides. When we see Sertrakian and the others at the harbor no water is heading their way - they should be washed away by it. (00:37:30 - 00:38:45)
Factual error: Even at the distance they were stood, all of our intrepid heroes, including Dr. Goodweather, would have been blinded, looking at the flash from the nuclear explosion.
